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Mass media in San Antonio

overview of mass media in San Antonio, Texas, United States

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 8, 2026
Entity authorityQ6805786 ↗
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This is a list of media outlets in San Antonio, Texas.

Television stations

San Antonio is currently ranked as the 31st largest market by Nielsen. Despite the relatively large size of both the city proper and the metropolitan area, San Antonio has always been a medium-sized market. This is mainly because the nearby suburban and rural areas are not much larger than the city itself. By comparison, the other two Texas cities with populations of over a million people, Houston and Dallas, are among the 10 largest markets.

Below are a list of TV channels and their subchannels for the market:

Radio

San Antonio, Texas is the 25th largest radio market in the US as ranked by Nielsen Audio (formerly Arbitron). The following is a list of radio stations serving the San Antonio area.

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